Society of Professional Journalists

South Florida Pro Chapter

About the Awards

Sunshine State Awards
Now Accepting Entries for the 2010 Sunshine State Awards.

Sunshine State Awards Logo - newSPJ’s South Florida Pro Chapter is pleased to announce the 16th annual Sunshine State Awards competition, open to all print, broadcast, and online journalists in the state of Florida. The competition recognizes quality journalism in the best tradition of our profession. Out-of-state journalists will judge all entries and may award first-, second-, and third-place honors in each category. Finalists will be notified in late April and winners will be announced at the Sunshine State Awards ceremony in late spring. 

DEADLINE

All entries for the 2010 competition must be received (not postmarked) by 7:00 p.m., Friday, March 5, 2010.

FEES

SPJ members are allowed one (1) FREE entry. All other entries are $28. The entry fee for the James Batten Public Service Award is $45. In addition, there is no fee for students entering the College Journalist of the Year competition.

GUIDELINES & ENTRY FORM

For more details about the 2010 Sunshine State Awards, please download and review our guidelines. Also, don’t forget to complete an entry form. (The entry form is also available as PDF via link below.)

You can also use the links below to learn more about the Sunshine State Awards.